Becky FifieldJun 18, 20121 minMuseum Monday – Society for the Preservation of Natural History CollectionsSpinach? It’s our not-quite-precise pronunciation of the SPNHC acronym for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History...
Becky FifieldMay 21, 20122 minMuseum Monday: Integrated Pest Management is not for BuddhistsIntegrated Pest Management (IPM). It sounds like I wield a tiny whip and chair in my top hat, taming a circus of cockroaches, mice, and...
Becky FifieldMay 14, 20122 minMuseum Monday: Why Museums Don’t Have Pictures of Everything on Their WebsitesI hear the occasional grumble. Why is that photo of that object so bad? Why isn’t there an online database? Why are only selected objects...
Becky FifieldApr 23, 20122 minMuseum Monday – What is a Collections Manager?Evaluating light levels falling on a textile on display. Nope, I’m not a curator; I’m a collections manager. Many visitors who stop me in...